/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 by XDEV Software, All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 */
 
package xdev.ui.combobox;


import javax.swing.JComboBox;

import xdev.ui.XdevComboBox;


/**
 * Specifies the contract between a {@link XdevComboBox} and a Quickfilter.<br>
 * This interface guarantees that the modified data is handled properly
 * independent of the filtered model
 * 
 * @author XDEV Software (JW)
 * @since 3.1
 */
public interface ComboBoxRowConverter
{
	/**
	 * This method returns the data representation of a given view-model
	 * (quickfiltered-model) row.# E.g. save the filtered data independent of
	 * the view-model index
	 * 
	 * @param comboBox
	 * @param row
	 * @return the representation of the given row in the datamodel
	 */
	public int viewToModel(JComboBox comboBox, int row);
	

	/**
	 * This method returns the view representation of a given data-model
	 * (quickfiltered-model) row.# E.g. set a selected data-index independent of
	 * the view index
	 * 
	 * @param comboBox
	 * @param row
	 * @return the representation of the given row in the datamodel
	 */
	public int modelToView(JComboBox combobox, int row);
}
